Hose reel



C. M. WHITE April 21, 1925.

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Application flied se temier'zz, 1924. Serial no. 739,179.

To all whomv'it concern:

Be it known thatI, CHARLns M. WHITE,

a a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Fort Dodge, in the county OfWebster'. and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in a Hose Reel, of which thefo lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hose reels and is more particularly adapted to a means for supportmg'a garden hose in the basement of a house or building when the same is not in use, means being further provided for securing the hose to the reel when the same is to be wound there around.

' Another important object of the invention is to rovide a hose reel of the above mentione character, wherein the operating means therefor is disposed outside of the house or'building so that it does not become necessary for a 'person to wind the hose around the reel from the basement, thereby saving considerable time and labor.

Another important object of the invention is to rovide a hosereel of the above mentione struction, inexpensive, strong, and durable and furthermore adapted for the purposes for which it is designated.

Other .obiectsand advantages of this invention wil become ap arent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals designate likeparts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hose reel showing the manner in which the same is supported and further illustrating the manner in which the garden hose is attached to the winding cable, and

Figure 2 isa front elevation of the reel and the supporting brackets therefor.

In the drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of-my invention, the numerals 1 and 2 designate a pair of supporting brackets which are securedat thelr upper portions to a pair of adjacent floor joists such as are shown at 3 and 4 respectively. J ournaled in the lower ends'of the supporting brackets 1 and 2 is the shaft 5 and carried thereon is the reel or drum 6, the same bein disposed between the supporting brac ets and below the floor 'oists in the manner clearl illustrated in igure 2. A beveled gear is provided on one of the diameter, which is simple in con ends of the-shaft 5and the same is adapted to mesh with a similar bevel gear 8 carried by the lower end of the elongated operating rod 9 which is supported on the bracket 1 by means floftheangular inember 10.

The-operating rod 9 extends'upwardly at an angle with respect to the suporting bracket 1 and the upper portion thereof is adapted to extend-through a suitable openlng-provided in the side wall of a buildin designated generally by the letter. A in the manner clearly illustrate handle such as is shown r 11 is mounted on the upper end of the roe for operating the same for the purposes hereinafter to he more fully described.

A cable 12 is fastened at one end to the drum er reel 6 carried by the other end thereof is the screw-threaded plug 13 which in Figure 1. A v

socket or coupling 14 carried by the end of the garden hose 15 and which is usually adapted for engagement with the nozzle of the water supply pipe;

With the parts arranged as shown in the drawing the garden hose may be easily and readily wound around the reel or drum 6 by slmply turning the handle 11 causing the rod 9 to rotate and in turn rotating the shaft 5 and the reel through the medium of the bevel gears 7 and 8 and the hose will extend through the opening 16 provided in the side of the building or house and will be wound around the drum so that the garden hose.

will be supported on the between th supporting bracket when not in use. This construction furthermore enables the garden hose to be readily unreeled from the drum whenever it is desired to use the same and by detaching thescrew threaded plug 13 from the coupling the coupling 14 may be threaded onto the water supply pipe in the usual manner. A

The provision of a hose reel of the above mentioned character, obviates the necessity lOO easily and rea v secured in position and will at all times positive and eflicient' in carrying out the purposes for which the same is designated. 5 While I have shown the preferred embodi ment of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the in vention and the scope of the appended claim. 1

Having thus described the invention, what I claim 1s:

A hose reel comprisin a pair of support ing brackets adapted to secured to a pair of floor joists of a building, a shaft jour- -hose is wound therearo'und.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES M. WHITE. 

